Barker's View - Visions from a Bloodshot Eye
Visions from a bloodshot eye. . .
Hi, kids! It’s time once again to turn a jaundiced eye toward the newsmakers of the day – the winners and losers – who, in my cynical opinion, either contributed to our quality of life, or detracte…
As usual – I’m confused. Not surprised. Confused… Last week, in an article by Mark Harper writing in The Daytona Beach News-Journal entitled, “$155 million in state budget to acco…
(Note: Angels & Assholes will return next Friday. In the interim, I find it fun to look back and see how much things have changed – or stayed the same – here on Florida’s R…
There’s an old joke that asks: “Want to make a little money in aviation?” “Start with a lot of money…” This week, Volusia County taxpayers learned the hard lesson of that punchline as the maj…
Only in the weird world of Volusia County government – where throwing caution to the wind and playing fast-and-loose with other people’s money is considered a professional competency – could our “e…
You are going to see this again on Friday in something I call “Angels & Assholes.” Something tells me you will be able to decern in which category it will appear. . . I’ve seen some…